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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REMUS I). BURR, OF KINGSBOROUGH, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT lN GLOVES.

A Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 141,203, dated July 29, 1873; application filed April 9, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REMUs D. BURR, of Kingsborough, in the county of Fulton and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gauntlets and Short- Wristed Gloves; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which Figure l is a front view, and Fig. 2 a back view, of a gauntlet with my improvement, when the material consists of cloth and leather. Fig. 3 is a front View, and Fig. 4 a back view, of a gauntlet composed of heavier material, and in which the several parts are connected together with a heavy waxed thread. Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 are outline representations or patterns of the several parts composing the gauntlet shown in Figs. 1 and 2, while Fig. 5 is an outline or pattern of a piece of stilf leather or metal that is used as a stay for the wrist. Figs. 13, 14, 15, together with Figs. 11 and 12, are representations or patterns composing the gauntlet shown in Figs. 3 and 4, while Figs. 16 and 17 are representations of patterns that may be substituted in the place of those shown in Figs. 14 and 15.

The invention will first be described in connection with all that is necessary to a full understanding thereof, and then clearly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing,ABG DE FGHIJK L represent the several pieces or portions employed by me in making my improved gloves or gauntlets.

In leather gloves and gauntlets, as commonly made, the front and back of the hand are cut in one whole piece of material, while the spaces between the fingers are filled with small gores, which run along the side of each finger. In carrying out my invention, the front of the hand, including the whole of the thumb, together with the first and fourth fingers, Fig. 13, is formed of one continuous or solid piece, A. This mode of forming the thumb in a solid continuous piece with the palm of the hand is fully set forth, described,

and claimed in my reissue of February 28, 1871, No. 4,278, the original of which was granted August 4, 1868. Fig. 12 represents the outline of a piece, B, that forms the body of the back of the hand, together with the back portion of the wrist, while the extension b from each side, at a right angle, is folded over, so as to form the swell at the sides, to gether with a portion of the inside, with which piece 0, shown in Fig. 11, is also connected to complete the wrist. If found advisable, that portion represented by Fig. 12 may form two separate pieces. In further completing the glove or gauntlet, pieces D E, represented in Figs. 14 and 15, are to be connected to the back of the hand, to form the back portion of the second and third fingers. If, however, still more economy in the use of stock is required, portions F G, represented by Figs. 16 and 17, may be substituted; or, if found or thought advisable, a portion, F F, represented by Fig. 16, may be in one and the same piece with piece B, shown in Fig. 12, thus avoiding the seams that run across the base of the second and third fingers. In closing or connecting the different parts of a glove or gauntlet, it will be observed that the seams that connect the palm and back portion of the hand together are thrown back on the side of the hand out of the way of all wear, and that the different parts are connected together on both sides by a stitched seam, thus avoiding an extra side seam, and making the glove more durable. In the construction of a lighter class of goods, portions of piece H. represented by Fig. 6 as palm, front, and back of thumb, and

back parts of second and third fingers, may be used in connection with pieces B G without altering that construction in a glove or gauntlet on which I wish to secure protection and, if found advisable in the construction of this class of goods, that portion which represents the back of the fourth or little finger may be separated from the palm.

I would observe that, in my mode of making a glove or gauntlet, the palm and thumb, together with the whole of the fingers, are to be made of a better class of material than the body, back, and wrist. This is very important,

as the wear and tear comes on these parts, while the body of the back and wrist are formed of cheaper material or cloth, without impairing the durability of the goods, while the cost of production is materially diminished.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A glove or gauntlet in which the bray back of the hand is formed or out without fingers, and with which the back and portions of the front of the wrist are all in one continuous piece of material.

2. A gauntlet the front of the wrist of which is gore-shaped, and so arranged and combined with the remaining portion of the wrist that, when folded or made, the seams are brought on the inside of the wrist.

3. A glove or gauntlet having the parts that form the palm and the front, back, and side portions of the fingers made of a separate piece or pieces from the body of the back, substantially as described.

4. A glove or gauntlet finger-back composed of, or wholly re-enforced with, leather, when combined with a back composed of cloth or other textile fabric, substantially as specified.

5. A glove or gauntlet in which those pieces, portions, or parts that form the sides of the palm and back portions of the fingers are connected, joined to, and closed on the body of the back with a continuous stitched seam, substantially as described.

6. A glove or a gauntlet composed of the parts H I J K L B O, folded and arranged as described, and having a piece of stifl' leather or other material attached to the wrist as a stay or support for the same,'as specified.

REMUS D. BURR.

Witnesses:

OYRUs STEWART, A. D. L. BAKER. 

